Ambulia, Asian Marshweed

U. S. FEDERALLY LISTED NOXIOUS WEED.
Not allowed for import to the US and not allowed in any interstate or intrastate transportat...Read Moreion without a specific permit from USDA APHIS PPQ (Plant Protection and Quarantine).

Asian Marshweed is very invasive in central and southern Florida in canals, natural lakes and ponds and other bodies of water. It can qui...Read Moreckly take over and clog large areas and can possibly completely cover a pond! It reproduces and spreads rampantly - in fact, it is now on the Florida Exotic Pest Plants Council's EPPC List Category Two for its potential to excessively and uncontrollably spread! It can become very invasive in fish and koi ponds unless kept under control! This plant is also now starting to spread throughout Florida and is now found in Georgia as well as in Texas! Please DO NOT PLANT THIS PLANT in your koi pond, pond or lake, and if you have this plant, TRY TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL!

MORE FACTS - Has small purple flowers with a whitish center. Aquatic plant that grows beneath surface and pokes out of water with flowers and stalks.